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Lexicon :: Strong's G372 - anapausis

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ἀνάπαυσις
Transliteration
anapausis (Key)
Pronunciation
an-ap'-ow-sis
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:350,56

Trench's Synonyms: xli. ἀνάπαυσις, ἄνεσις.

Strong’s Definitions

ἀνάπαυσις anápausis, an-ap'-ow-sis; from G373; intermission; by implication, recreation:—rest.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G372 in the following manner: rest (4x), rest (with G2192) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G372 in the following manner: rest (4x), rest (with G2192) (1x).

  1. intermission, cessation of any motion, business or labour

  2. rest, recreation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀνάπαυσις anápausis, an-ap'-ow-sis; from G373; intermission; by implication, recreation:—rest.
STRONGS G372:
ἀνάπαυσις, -εως, ἡ, (ἀναπαύω) [from Mimnermus, Pindar down];
1. intermission, cessation, of any motion, business, labor: ἀνάπαυσιν οὐκ ἔχουσι λέγοντες [Rec. λέγοντα] equivalent to οὐκ ἀναπαύονται λέγοντες they incessantly say, Revelation 4:8.
2. rest, recreation: Matthew 12:43; Luke 11:24; Revelation 14:11, (and often in Greek writings); blessed tranquillity of soul, Matthew 11:29, (Sir. 6:[27] 28; Sirach 51:27; Wis. 4:7). [The word denotes a temporary rest, a respite, e. g. of soldiers; cf. Schmidt, chapter 25; Bp. Lightfoot on Philemon 1:7; Trench, § xli.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
11:29; 12:43
Luke
11:24
Philemon
1:7
Revelation
4:8; 14:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G372 matches the Greek ἀνάπαυσις (anapausis),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:29 - Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:43 - “When an evil[fn] spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, seeking rest but finding none.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:24 - “When an evil[fn] spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, searching for rest. But when it finds none, it says, ‘I will return to the person I came from.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:8 - Each of these living beings had six wings, and their wings were covered all over with eyes, inside and out. Day after day and night after night they keep on saying,
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty—
the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:11 - The smoke of their torment will rise forever and ever, and they will have no relief day or night, for they have worshiped the beast and his statue and have accepted the mark of his name.”
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